Geophagy in Northern Uganda: Perspectives from Consumers and Clinicians.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on October 03, 2016

Authors

Lena Huebl1, Stephan Leick1, Lukas Guettl1, Grace Akello2, Ruth Kutalek3

Author Affiliations

1: Unit Ethnomedicine and International Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
2: Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.
3: Unit Ethnomedicine and International Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. ruth.kutalek@meduniwien.ac.at.

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